Development and Validation of PCR Diagnostic Assays for Detection of and .

PCR is the most effective method for detecting difficult-to-cultivate pathogens and pathogens that are part of mixed infections in animals, such as , which causes bird ornithobacteriosis, or , which causes infectious coryza. In this work, we developed and validated two efficient and sensitive diagnostic assays for the rapid and accurate detection of and DNA in bacterial isolates and clinical samples using real-time PCR with TaqMan-like probes. When designing the PCR assays, we performed in silico analysis, optimized DNA isolation methods and PCR conditions, and assessed the analytical and diagnostic performance of PCR.

Founding of the culture collection of antibiotic-resistant strains of zoonotic bacteria in the Russian Federation.

Background And Aim: The main purpose of a national bioresource center is to standardize, centralize, preserve, and ensure accessibility of microbial bioresources that accumulate there because of state research programs. The establishment of national bioresource centers for antibiotic-resistant microorganisms allows to solve practical problems in the field of veterinary service, as well as to develop effective chemotherapeutic and disinfectant drugs to overcome the mechanisms of resistance. This study aimed to outline the process of forming a national culture collection of antibiotic-resistant strains of zoonotic bacteria in the Russian Federation using two microbial strains.

Russian collection of vaccine strains: annotation, implementation and genomic analysis.

Over the past 10 years, immunization of cattle in Russia has been performed using vaccines from strains 82, 19 and 75/79. To prevent brucellosis in small ruminants, two vaccines have been used, from the strain REV-1 and the strain 19; note that twice as many animals have been immunized with the former vaccine than with the latter vaccine. The disadvantage of using these preparations is the formation of prolonged post-vaccination seropositivity, which is especially pronounced in animals after immunization with vaccines from strain 19 and strain REV-1.

Mega-plasmid found worldwide confers multiple antimicrobial resistance in Salmonella Infantis of broiler origin in Russia.

Plasmids which are the mobile part of the bacterial genome can acquire and carry over genes conferring antimicrobial resistance, thus contributing to rapid adaptation of bacterial community to human-defined environment. In 2014, Israeli scientists have reported a large conjugative mega-plasmid pESI (plasmid for emerging S. Infantis) that provides multiple drug resistance (MDR) of Salmonella Infantis isolated from broilers.